Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-11-16
THE CHICAGO EXECUTIONS.

THE CHICAGO EXECUTIONS.
Incidents in the Last Hours of tie
Condemned Men-Relaiiyes Re-
fused Admission.
CHICAGO, November 11.-Before mid
night, and while the anarchists were eth
er sleeping or feigning sleep, the gallows
were put up. They were the ones used
in the execution of Muikowsky and the
three Italians. At o'clock there was
absolutely nothing more 10 do. A wagon
had been driven up to the Jail sometime
before and four coffins were taken out
aud deposited in the basement adjoining
the kitchen. That was the very last pre-
paration for the impending tragedy The
men to be executed slept. Two guards
watched the slumber of each of the doom
ed men from midnight forward till day
light. Silence reigned in the Jail. At s
O'Clock Spies, who had completed his last
meal, called for writing material which
were at once brought to him. Break fast
was served to the condemned men at 7:30
A. N. Parsons asked that fried oysters
be sent him.
THE DEATH WARRANTS.
At $40 A. NJ. chief deputy Gleason ar
rived with the fatal documents authoriz-
ing the execution About 9 o'clock a
bailiff came in and told the sheriff that
tfrs Parsons desired admission to see her
husband, but the sheriff could not permit
her to come in at that time. At the same
time lie ter was received at thesjaii post
marked New York aud addressed Broth
ers Spies, Lingg and comrades, Chicago
jail" Another letter came from Madison,
Wisconsin, addressed 1.-The condemned an
archists." Both letters were sent TO the
men. At 9:45 O'Clock crowd of women
dressed in deep mourning, accompanied
by two children, also in black, walked
down Clark street to the ropes which had
been placed across Michigan street and
asked the officer to be allowed to go into
the Jail. The group included Mrs Par
sons, Mrs. Engel, Mrs. Fischer, Lingg's
sweetheart Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Kerr, Mrs
Spies and Il number of their friends. The
children were the son aud daughter of
Parsons. The policeman told them his
orders were that they could not advance,
and they moved on to Illinois street where
they repeated their demand to captain
Hubbard and lieutenant Fitzpatrick who
made the same reply. Some of the usual
formalities 1t the scaffola were not OBJ |
served The sheriff read the death war
rants to the men in the library before |
leading them TO the gallows where they |
perished.
THE SUICIDE OF LTNGG. |
Lingg ended his life by means of full |
cap, and not with revolver, as
at first supposed. He held the cap in his |
mouth and lit it with candle which was |
burning in his cell. The explosion was |
the first warning the Jail people had. The |
guard seeing him with !; candle in his |
hands, supposed that he was lighting ci |
gar. From the effects uf the explosion |
half of his head was torn away.
THE FINAL FAREWELL
When the news of the Communication q. |
the sentence of Fielien and Scllwab was |
received at the Jail on Friday evening
there was An extraordinary scene of ac- |
tiyity. The news was sent to the relatives |
of all the condemned men, and in short
time they began to come to the jail The |
first of the women to come was Mrs t
Sehwab. Soon after Schwab was brought
from his cell to the main office. His wife
quickly advanced to him and throwing
her arms about his neck burst into tears.
Scbwab returned the embrace in calm
manner, and soon the two were quietly |
chatting together. After this Spies and |
Fischer were brought from their cells, /
and taken to the Jail library. Engel was
brought to the private office of Mr.. Foltz.
This was done for the purpose of allowing
the relatives To take their last interviews.
The first one of the women to- arrive after
Mrs. Sehwab was Miss Engel, the daugh-
ter of the condemned anarchist. When
the two met in the private Office there was
an outburst Of grief, which it is impossi
bic to describe. Father and daughter
clung TO each other and sohbed convulsive
iv. Their conversation was in German,
and listened to only by deputy Oleson.
Then came Mrs. Spies, the mother of
August. She did not stay long in the Ii
brary with her son. and on her exit from
the jail Mrs. Fischer was admitted. She
went into the library, and her laInenta-
lions was heard above the tramp of the
deputies. But
GROWING SCENE OF ALL
vas the visit of Nina Van Zandt, the
proxy wife of Spies. She was conducted
% the library by deputy Oleson. As she
walked through the main office she be-
rayed no emotion The moment at which
she saw August, however. completely
her demeanor. There was look,
then gasp, and in a second the lovers
were IN each otheris arms. A bevy of GU
rious reporters and officers crowded up
% the door of the library, but it was
quickly shut by the deputy. The inter-
view between the prisoner and his faith
ful devotee lasted nearly half an hour.
what actually transpi,ed will never be
known to the world, but it was sufficient
o bring a glimmer of tears 10 the eyes of
the old deputy In half an hour the low /